About 'Reviving American Democracy'
This episode features Paul Zeitz discussing the social movement to save democracy from authoritarianism.
In the spring of 2026, the American experiment feels less like a beacon of hope and more like a patient in critical condition. We are a year into the second term of the Trump presidency, witnessing the accelerated rollout of what was once called Project 2025. The federal government is tightening its grip, the upcoming midterm elections loom as a potential final consolidation of authoritarian power, and a pervasive sense of exhaustion hangs over the electorate.
For many, the instinct is to hide. But for Dr. Paul Zeitz, a preventive medicine physician turned political strategist, the diagnosis is clear, and the treatment plan is ready. He isn’t prescribing pills; he is prescribing a radical restructuring of the American body politic.
Dr. Paul Zeitz
In a recent, candid conversation with peace activist and sociologist Metta Spencer, Zeitz laid out the stakes of our current moment. “We are in a dire situation,” Zeitz told Spencer. “We are in an accelerated state of an authoritarian project... They are not democratic. They don’t believe in democracy.”
Yet, remarkably, Zeitz does not sound like a man in despair. He sounds like a man with a plan.
